Luke 12
1 In those [times], the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
Nnipa mpempem kyeree so a wonnya baabi ntu wɔn anan nsi mpo no, Yesu dii kan kasa kyerɛɛ nʼasuafo no se, “Monhwɛ mo ho so yiye wɔ Farisifo nyaatwom a ɛte sɛ mmɔkaw no ho.
2 but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known;
Biribiara a wɔyɛ no kokoa mu no bɛda adi na nea ahintaw no nso bepue.
3 therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Enti nea moaka wɔ sum mu no, wɔbɛte wɔ hann mu. Na nea moaka no asomsɛm wɔ adan mu no, wɔbɛbɔ no dawuru.
4 But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do.
“Me nnamfonom, mereka akyerɛ mo se, munnsuro wɔn a wokum nipadua na ɛno akyi wontumi nyɛ hwee bio no.
5 But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear him. (Geenna g1067)
Na mɛkyerɛ mo nea ɛsɛ sɛ musuro no. Munsuro nea wakum onipadua no awie no, ɔwɔ tumi sɛ ɔtow kyene amanehunu kurom. Mereti mu akyerɛ mo se, oyi na munsuro no. (Geenna g1067)
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them is not forgotten before God.
Wɔntɔn nkasanoma anum nnye sika kakraa bi? Nanso Onyankopɔn werɛ remfi wɔn mu baako po da.
7 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, ye are better than many sparrows.
Mo tinwi mpo wɔakan ne nyinaa. Enti munnsuro, efisɛ mosom bo sen nkasanoma pii.
8 But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;
“Na mereka akyerɛ mo se, obiara a ɔbɛbɔ me din wɔ nnipa anim no, Onipa Ba no nso bɛbɔ ne din wɔ Onyankopɔn abɔfo no anim.
9 but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;
Na nea ɔbɛpa me nnipa anim no, me nso mɛpa no, Onyankopɔn abɔfo anim.
10 and whoever shall say a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but to him that speaks injuriously against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.
Obiara a ɔbɛkasa atia Kristo no, wɔde bɛkyɛ no. Nanso nea ɔbɛkasa atia Honhom Kronkron no de, wɔremfa nkyɛ no da.
11 But when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;
“Sɛ wɔde mo ba mpanyin anim wɔ hyiadan mu a, munnnwinnwen nsɛm a mobɛka anaasɛ nea mode beyi mo ho ano no ho,
12 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself what should be said.
efisɛ saa bere no ara mu na Honhom Kronkron no bɛkyerɛ mo nea ɛsɛ sɛ moka.”
13 And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
Obi fi nnipa no mu ka kyerɛɛ Yesu se, “Kyerɛkyerɛfo, ka kyerɛ me nua na ɔne me nkyɛ agyapade a yɛn agya de agyaw yɛn no.”
14 But he said to him, Man, who established me [as] a judge or a divider over you?
Yesu buaa no se, “Damfo, hena na ɔyɛɛ me mo so otemmufo ne ɔsɛnnifo?”
15 And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance [that] his life is in his possessions.
Ɔtoaa so se, “Monhwɛ mo ho yiye wɔ adifudepɛ ho efisɛ onipa nkwa nnyina nʼahonya dodow a ɔwɔ so.”
16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
Afei obuu wɔn bɛ yi se, “Ɔdefo bi wɔ hɔ a na ɔwɔ asase pa a ɛmaa no nnɔbae pii.
17 And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits.
Esiane sɛ na ne nnɔbae no nkɔ pata a wabɔ no so nti ɛyɛɛ no dadwen ma obisaa ne ho se, ‘Minnya baabi a mede me nnɔbae bebrebe yi begu menyɛ no dɛn?’
18 And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;
“Afei ɔkae se, ‘Minim nea mɛyɛ. Mebubu me pata yi nyinaa na mabɔ no akɛse de nea mewɔ nyinaa asie hɔ.
19 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
Na maka akyerɛ me kra se, “Ɔkra, ma wʼani nnye na didi, na nom, efisɛ wowɔ nneɛma pa pii a ɛbɛso wo mfe bebree!”’
20 But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
“Nanso Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ no se, ‘Ɔkwasea! Anadwo yi ara wobegye wo kra afi wo nsam, na hena na nneɛma bebree a woapɛ agu hɔ yi, wode begyaw no?’
21 Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
“Ɛno nti saa ara na obiara a ɔbɛboaboa agyapade ano de ne ho ato so no nyɛ ɔdefo Onyankopɔn anim ne no.”
22 And he said to his disciples, For this cause I say unto you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ nʼasuafo no se, “Munnnwinnwen nea mubedi anaa nea mubefura ho.
23 The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.
Mowɔ ɔkra ne nipadua a ɛsom bo sen nea mubedi ne nea mubefura.
24 Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How much better are ye than the birds?
Monhwɛ kwaakwaadabi, wonnua aba na wontwa. Saa ara nso na wonni pata a wɔde wɔn nnɔbae sie so, nanso Onyankopɔn ma wɔn aduan di. Monsom bo nsen wɔn ana?
25 But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?
Mo mu hena na ɔdwene a adwennwene no betumi ato ne nkwa nna so simmasin?
26 If therefore ye cannot [do] even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest?
Na sɛ muntumi nyɛ ade ketewaa a ɛte sɛɛ mpo a, adɛn na mudwinnwen nneɛma akɛse ho?
27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I say unto you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.
“Monhwɛ sɛnea sukooko nyin. Wɔnyɛ adwuma, na wɔnnwen ntama mfura. Nanso Salomo ahonya ne nʼanuonyam nyinaa akyi no, na nʼahoɔfɛ nnu wuram nhwiren yi.
28 But if God thus clothe the grass, which to-day is in the field and to-morrow is cast into [the] oven, how much rather you, O ye of little faith?
Mo a mo gyidi hinhim, sɛ Onyankopɔn siesie wuram nhwiren a efifi nnɛ na ɔkyena awu no ho ma ɛyɛ fɛ a, adɛn nti na ɔrensiesie mo nso mo ho mma ɛnyɛ fɛ.
29 And ye, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;
Saa ara nso na munnnwinnwen nea mubedi anaa nea mobɛnom ho.
30 for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things;
Saa nneɛma yi na wiase amanaman pere hwehwɛ, nanso mo de, mo Agya nim sɛ eyinom nyinaa ho hia mo.
31 but seek his kingdom, and [all] these things shall be added to you.
Enti monhwehwɛ Onyankopɔn ahenni kan na ɔde eyinom nyinaa bɛma mo.
32 Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom.
“Kuw ketewa, munnsuro efisɛ ɛyɛ mo Agya no pɛ sɛ ɔde ahenni no bɛma mo.
33 Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.
Montontɔn mo ahode na monkyɛ ahiafo ade. Eyi bɛma mo agyapade a ɛwɔ ɔsoro no ayɛ pii. Monhyehyɛ mo agyapade wɔ ɔsoro, nea owifo ntumi nkowia na mfɔte ntumi nkɔwe.
34 For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
Na nea wʼagyapade wɔ no, ɛhɔ na wo koma nso wɔ.”
35 Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;
“Munnyina pintinn na momma mo akanea nhyerɛn,
36 and ye like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.
na monyɛ sɛ wɔn a wɔretwɛn wɔn wura a ɔkɔ ayeforohyia ase na sɛ ɔba na ɔbɔ pon mu pɛ a, wobebue no ntɛm no.
37 Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord [on] coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.
Wɔn a wɔn wura no ba a ɔbɛba abɛto wɔn sɛ wɔretwɛn no no ani begye. Ɔbɛto wɔn pon na ɔno ankasa asom wɔn.
38 And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].
Sɛ ɔba ɔdasu mu anaa ahemadakye mpo a asomfo a ɔbɛba abɛto wɔn sɛ wɔrewɛn no no ani begye.
39 But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.
Ɛsɛ sɛ muhu sɛ, sɛ ofiwura nim bere a owifo bɛba a, anka ɔbɛwɛn na owifo no annya ne ho kwan ammɛbɔ no korɔn.
40 And ye therefore, be ye ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think [it], the Son of man comes.
Enti munsiesie mo ho, efisɛ Onipa Ba no bɛba bere a mo ani nna so sɛ ɔbɛba.”
41 And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to us, or also to all?
Petro bisaa Yesu se, “Awurade, worebu bɛ yi akyerɛ yɛn nko ara anaasɛ obiara?”
42 And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?
Yesu buaa no se, “Merekasa akyerɛ ɔsomfo nokwafo nyansafo biara a ne wura de ne fi sohwɛ bɛhyɛ ne nsa na wahwɛ ama obiara aduan wɔ ne bere mu.
43 Blessed is that bondman whom his lord [on] coming shall find doing thus;
Nhyira ne ɔsomfo a ne wura no bɛba abɛto no sɛ wayɛ nʼadwuma pɛpɛɛpɛ.
44 verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he has.
Meka mo nokware se ɔde nea ɔwɔ nyinaa bɛhyɛ ne nsa na wahwɛ so!
45 But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
Na sɛ ɛba sɛ saa ɔsomfo yi nso ka se, ‘Me wura nnya mmae’ na ɛno nti, ɔhwe asomfo a wɔaka no, na odidi, nom nsa bow a,
46 the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.
ne wura no bɛba da a nʼani nna so sɛ ɔbɛba. Na sɛ ne wura no ba a, ɔbɛtwe nʼaso dennen na wabu no sɛ obi a onnye Onyankopɔn nni.
47 But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared [himself] nor done his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes];
“Ɔsomfo a onim nea ne wura pɛ, na wanyɛ ne wura no apɛde no wɔbɛbɔ no mmaa pii.
48 but he who knew [it] not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to every one to whom much has been given, much shall be required from him; and to whom [men] have committed much, they will ask from him the more.
Na ɔsomfo a onnim nea ne wura pɛ na enti ɔyɛɛ nea ne wura mpɛ no, wɔbɛbɔ no mmaa kakraa bi. Na obiara a wɔama no pii no, wobebisa pii afi ne nkyɛn; na nea wɔde bebree ahyɛ ne nsa no, obebu bebree ho akontaa.”
49 I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?
“Maba sɛ merebɛsɔ ogya wɔ asase so na sɛ asɔ dedaw a, na nea merehwehwɛ ara ne no.
50 But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!
Asubɔ bi wɔ hɔ a wɔde bɛbɔ me a, ɛde me bɛkɔ amanehunu mu, na merennya ahotɔ, gye sɛ wɔabɔ me saa asu no ansa.
51 Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:
Mususuw sɛ mebae sɛ mede asomdwoe reba asase yi so? Dabi! Ɛnyɛ asomdwoe na mede bae na mmom mpaapaemu.
52 for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against three:
Efi nnɛ, mpaapaemu bɛba afi mu, baasa bɛba mʼafa na baanu atia me anaasɛ baanu bɛba mʼafa na baasa atia me.
53 father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Agya ne ne babarima renyɛ adwene, ɔbabea ne ne na renyɛ adwene, ase ne asebea adwene renhyia.”
54 And he said also to the crowds, When ye see a cloud rising out of the west, straightway ye say, A shower is coming; and so it happens.
Na ɔka kyerɛɛ nnipakuw no nso se, “Sɛ muhu sɛ osu amuna wɔ atɔe a, ntɛm ara, moka se, ‘Osu bɛtɔ’! Na osu tɔ ampa.
55 And when [ye see] the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it happens.
Saa ara nso na sɛ muhu sɛ mframa bɔ fi anafo reba a, moka se, ‘Ahuhuru bɛba!’ Na ɛba mu ampa.
56 Hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the appearance of the earth and of the heaven; how [is it then that] ye do not discern this time?
Mo nyaatwomfo! Mutumi kyerɛ wim nsakrae ase, nanso nneɛma a nnɛ yi atwa mo ho ahyia, ne nea ɛbɔ mo kɔkɔ no de, munhu.
57 And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
“Adɛn nti na munim nea eye na monyɛ?
58 For as thou goest with thine adverse party before a magistrate, strive in the way to be reconciled with him, lest he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
Sɛ wode obi ka a, bɔ mmɔden kohu no na wone no nka ho asɛm na wamfa wo ankɔ asennii amma otemmufo amfa wo anto afiase.
59 I say unto thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence until thou hast paid the very last mite.
Sɛ woanyɛ no saa a, ɔbɛma woatua ka a wode no no nyinaa ansa na wagyaa wo.”
